1764 in France
Events from the year 1764 in France.
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Events
- The government withdraws wartime taxes.
- Beast of Gévaudan first appears.
Births
- 11 February – Joseph Chénier, poet (d. 1811)
- 13 April – Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, marshal (d. 1830)
- 26 April – Claude-Laurent Bourgeois de Jessaint, aristocrat and civic administrator (d. 1853)
- 3 May – Princess Élisabeth of France, sister of Louis XVI (executed 1794)[2]
- 13 August – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, general (d. 1813)
- 7 December
- Pierre Prévost, panorama painter (d. 1823)
- Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Marshal of France (d. 1841)
- Undated – Sophie de Condorcet, political hostess and feminist (d. 1822)
Deaths
- 15 April – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV (b. 1721)
- 11 September – Countess Dash, writer (born 1704)
- 12 September – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (b. 1683)
- 22 October – Jean-Marie Leclair, composer and violinist (murdered) (b. 1697)
- 23 October – Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, naval officer (b. 1683)
See also
References
- "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- "Elizabeth Of France | princess of France". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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